Leadership performance programmePortugal, Atlantic coast3 days + 30-day integration

Send your people back measurably better at the job.

A structured programme in regulation under pressure, decisions under load, and recovery as a performance skill. Assessed at day 0 and day 30. Certificate of completion, outcomes report, invoiced as professional development.

19 hcontact hours on site
Day 0 → 30pre and post assessment
12 to 24participants per cohort

Our team has delivered this work at

Google Meta Breakthrough Energy Extantia Think-it Climate Insiders

Method partner

Accelerate Health

Accelerate Health, Berlin, developed the measured, physiology-based method. Atlantic Reset delivers it as a programme.

The case for the budget

Skills do not disappear under pressure. Access to them does.

Most leadership training adds knowledge. This programme trains the physiology that decides whether that knowledge is available on a hard Thursday at 4pm. Three outcomes your organisation can see, and how each shows up in the report.

Outcome 1

Decision quality under load

Participants learn to read their own stress response and bring it down on demand, so judgement stays available in the meetings that matter.

In the reportReactivity and recovery scores, day 0 against day 30, aggregated for the cohort.

Outcome 2

Sustained focus and energy

Sleep, recovery and daily routines rebuilt as performance infrastructure. The same hours, with more of the person in them.

In the reportEnergy, sleep quality and focused hours, self-reported and, where opted in, measured.

Outcome 3

Retention and team trust

People who understand their own state repair friction faster and stay. Cohorts build the kind of trust a year of meetings rarely produces.

In the reportIntent to stay and connection scores, plus the 90-day follow-up where the company opts in.
23%of employees worldwide are engaged at work. The rest run on reserve.Gallup, State of the Global Workplace 2024
+23%profitability in business units with high engagement, across 183,000 units.Gallup meta-analysis, 2024
>90%recommendation rate across three Accelerate Health programmes, 55 participants.Programme data, 2024 to 2026
1 monthof five-minute daily breathwork improved mood and lowered arousal in a randomised trial.Balban et al. 2023, Cell Reports Medicine

Where the training happens

Feels like a week off. Works like a programme.

The coast is a tool, not a reward. Every element below has a place in the curriculum and a reason in the physiology.

A group in a morning movement session on an empty beach at first light.
Module 2 · 07:00Sunrise on the sandBreath and movement before anyone has checked a phone
A group walking into the ocean together, laughing.
Module 2 · contrast therapyCold water, warm groupGuided, optional, and the fastest way to learn what regulation feels like
A person sitting at a clifftop edge as the sun sets over the ocean.
Module 2 · guided intrinsic experienceSilence at the edgeTwenty minutes with nothing to solve, measured afterwards

Curriculum

Five modules. Every one has a learning outcome you can write into a development plan.

Taught by facilitators, breathwork and somatic practitioners, and the Accelerate Health clinical team. Every session is explained in plain physiology. Everything is optional, designed so people choose it.

Module 13 h · day 1

The physiology of pressure

How the nervous system decides what you have access to. Reading your own baseline: heart-rate variability, recovery capacity, reactive load.

  • Explain the stress response in terms you can use with a team
  • Read your own baseline and name your default pattern under load
Module 24 h · days 2 and 3

State regulation: breath and contrast

Structured breathing and guided cold-water exposure, the protocols with the strongest evidence for shifting arousal quickly and reliably.

  • Bring your own arousal down in under five minutes, on demand
  • Choose the right protocol for the situation: before a decision, after conflict, before sleep
Module 33 h · day 2

Recovery as performance infrastructure

Sleep, nutrition and daily rhythm treated as the base layer of output, with a nutritionist and the clinical team. Healthy intensity, not grind.

  • Build a ten-minute sleep protocol you keep
  • Design a working week that protects recovery without lowering ambition
Module 45 h · day 2

Leading under load

The leadership workshop, tailored to the cohort and the moment it is in. Decision practice, difficult conversations, repair after friction, run on a regulated system.

  • Run a hard conversation without losing access to judgement
  • Recognise reactivity in others and de-escalate it deliberately
Module 54 h · day 3, then 30 days

Integration at work

A personal protocol for the first 30 days back, two online sessions with the practitioners, one with leadership, and the day-30 re-assessment.

  • Hold three routines that fit a working week for 30 days
  • Show your own change against your own baseline, in the report
19 hcontact hours on site
4 hguided integration over 30 days
2 × 1:1confidential practitioner sessions

The environment is part of the method

The coast is the classroom, not the reward.

Cold water, morning light, long walks and silence are used as evidence-based tools for nervous-system training. Nothing on the timetable is there to be pleasant. Most of it is anyway.

Algarve, 07:30 · Module 2, contrast therapy

Timetable

Three days. Every block belongs to a module.

A typical cohort schedule. Sessions marked M1 to M5 map to the curriculum above. Meals are part of Module 3, planned by the programme nutritionist.

Day 1 Arrival and baseline

  1. Arrival, lunchTransfer from Lisbon or Faro included
  2. Baseline review, 1:1Your intake and measurements, with a practitioner
  3. The physiology of pressureCohort session
  4. Guided nature exposureCliff walk, first regulation practice
  5. Dinner, cohort circleWhat each person is carrying into the programme

Day 2 Regulation and leadership

  1. Contrast therapy and breathCold water, warmth, structured breathing. Guided, optional.
  2. Breakfast with the nutritionistFuel as a performance variable
  3. Leading under loadWorkshop, decision and conversation practice
  4. LunchLong table, outside
  5. Recovery infrastructureSleep, rhythm, the working week
  6. Guided intrinsic experienceHike, nature meditation or sound. Nervous-system reset.
  7. 1:1 with a practitionerPhysiology, breath or leadership. Confidential.
  8. Sleep protocolTen minutes people keep for years

Day 3 Integration and close

  1. Breath and cold water, self-ledWith support. The test of what you can now do alone.
  2. Integration planningYour 30-day protocol, three routines, one commitment
  3. Closing circle, certificatesCommitments named to the cohort
  4. Lunch, departureTransfers to Lisbon or Faro
  5. Two online sessions, re-assessmentWeek 2 and week 6, then the day-30 measure and report

Assessment

Measured before and after. You see the change, not a testimonial.

Every participant completes a confidential baseline 14 days before the programme and a re-assessment at day 30, against their own numbers. Companies can opt in to a wearable measurement layer and a day-90 follow-up.

The individual sees everything about themselves. The employer sees the cohort, aggregated and anonymised, for groups of eight or more. Nobody else sees anything.

How a cohort is measured

Illustrative, aggregated
highlow Day 0baseline Days 1 to 3programme Day 30re-assessment Day 90optional
Energy, sleep quality, recovery capacityReactive load, intent to leave

Shape only. Your cohort's report carries its own numbers, with the assessment method and the number of participants stated.

What the organisation receives

The outcomes report

  • Cohort-level change on energy, sleep, recovery, reactivity and intent to stay, day 0 to day 30
  • Attendance and completion, per module
  • Method note: what was measured, how, and what it does and does not show
  • Recommendations for the next 90 days, written for the sponsoring manager

What the participant receives

Their own record

  • Personal baseline and day-30 results, explained in a 1:1
  • Their 30-day protocol and the three routines they chose
  • Certificate of completion, with modules and contact hours listed
  • Access to the practitioners for the two follow-up sessions

Deliverables

What the budget buys.

Everything below is included in the per-participant fee. Nothing is sold on site.

Programme

Five modules, 19 contact hours, delivered by facilitators, practitioners and the Accelerate Health clinical team.

Assessment

Confidential baseline, day-30 re-assessment, optional wearable layer and day-90 follow-up.

Reporting

An aggregated outcomes report for the sponsoring manager, and a personal record for each participant.

Certificate

Certificate of completion, naming the modules and hours, suitable for internal L&D records.

Logistics

Venue, meals, transfers from Lisbon or Faro, and one invoice. Flights are booked by the participant or company.

Certificate of completion

Atlantic Reset
Leadership Performance Programme

Awarded to the participant on completion of Modules 1 to 5, 19 contact hours on site and the 30-day integration phase. Method by Accelerate Health, Berlin.

Cohort and datesStated on the certificate
SignedProgramme director
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On the certificate

A record your L&D team can file.

Each certificate lists the five modules, the contact hours, the cohort dates and the programme director's signature. It is a certificate of completion issued by Atlantic Reset, not an accredited qualification, and we say so plainly. Where your organisation logs professional development hours, the pack includes the module and hour breakdown in a format you can paste into your records.

Getting it approved

Three steps, one email. We wrote the email.

Most participants use an individual development budget or a team training line. The pack answers the questions finance and L&D ask, so the approval is a forward, not a project.

Step 1

Request the approval pack

One page for the person who signs. Takes one working day to arrive.

  • Programme summary and learning outcomes
  • Curriculum with modules and hours
  • Price per participant, what it includes, invoice terms
  • Assessment and privacy method note
  • Next cohort dates

Step 2

Forward it with the email below

Copy it, fill in two brackets, send. Your manager or L&D lead has everything they need to say yes.

  • Works for an individual seat or a team of up to 24
  • We join a 15-minute call with L&D if they want one

Step 3

Confirm a cohort

Tell us the date. We invoice the company as professional development, in EUR with VAT, and send the baseline intake to participants.

  • Single invoice, payment terms in the pack
  • Seats can move to a later cohort; the conditions are in the pack

Ready to forward

Subject: Training request: Atlantic Reset leadership performance programme

Hi [manager],

I would like to use part of my development budget for a three-day leadership performance programme in Portugal, Atlantic Reset, delivered with the method of Accelerate Health, Berlin.

It covers regulation under pressure, decision-making under load, and recovery as a performance skill. It has a documented curriculum (5 modules, 19 contact hours), a pre and post assessment at day 0 and day 30, an outcomes report and a certificate of completion. It is invoiced as professional development.

The one-page approval pack is attached with the price per participant and the next cohort dates. Could we approve it for [month]?

Thanks,

Formats

One seat, a team, or the whole company.

Priced per participant. Figures are in the approval pack, so the number on the page is the number on the invoice.

Individual seat

Open cohort

3 days · 12 to 24 participants from different companies

  • The full five-module programme
  • Cohorts across the year, Algarve and Sintra
  • Personal assessment, report and certificate
  • Peer group from other organisations, confidentiality agreed on day 1

Per participant. Meals, venue and transfers included.

Ask about open cohorts

Most approved

Team cohort

3 days · 8 to 24 participants from one organisation

  • Module 4 tailored to your team and its current moment
  • Aggregated outcomes report for the sponsoring manager
  • One call with leadership before, one after
  • Private cohort, your dates

Per participant, with a minimum of eight. Single invoice.

Request the approval pack

Inside your offsite

Atlantic Reset offsite

Half day to 3 days · teams of 8 to 50

  • The programme built into an offsite you already run
  • Your strategy agenda keeps its slots
  • Venue sourcing and logistics with your agency
  • Baseline, integration and report included

Fixed fee plus per head. Usually an events or offsite budget.

See the offsite programme →
Cimberley Groß, founder and programme director of Atlantic Reset
Cimberley GroßFounder and programme director

Who leads it

Meet Cimberley Groß.

Cimberley created the first health and leadership programme built around the nervous system, and developed the physiology-based method behind Accelerate Health. Atlantic Reset is where she brings it to working leaders.

  • Trained in Ayurveda and breathwork; years of leading groups who had never done this before
  • A background in climate and impact investing, so she speaks the language of the people who sign budgets
  • Directs every cohort personally, with Accelerate Health's practitioners on assessment and the clinical and psychological layer

You meet her, and the practitioners who will be in the room, before anyone signs.

Questions L&D asks

The answers, before the meeting.

Is this training or a wellness trip?

Training. It has a curriculum, learning outcomes, contact hours, an assessment before and after, and a certificate. The environment is used as a teaching tool. If your policy separates "wellbeing" from "development", the pack documents why this sits in development.

Can it be invoiced as professional development?

Yes. We invoice the company in EUR with VAT, described as a leadership performance programme with the modules and hours listed. Whether it qualifies under your specific policy or local tax rules is for your finance team to confirm; the pack gives them what they need to do that.

What does the employer see about an individual?

Nothing individual. Baseline and re-assessment data are seen by the participant and the lead practitioner only. The employer receives aggregated, anonymised cohort results for groups of eight or more. For smaller groups, the report covers attendance, completion and qualitative themes only.

Does someone have to do the cold water?

No. Every session is optional and explained in plain physiology. Contrast therapy is screened for in the intake, and there is always an equivalent breath-based practice for anyone who opts out.

What is the certificate worth?

It is a certificate of completion issued by Atlantic Reset, listing modules, hours, cohort dates and the programme director's signature. It is not an accredited qualification. Many organisations log it as professional development hours; check with your L&D team, and use the module breakdown in the pack.

Can we send one person?

Yes. Open cohorts take individual seats from different organisations, 12 to 24 per cohort, with a confidentiality agreement on day 1. A team cohort starts at eight participants.

What if a participant cannot make the date?

Seats can move to a later cohort or be transferred to a colleague. The notice periods and any fees are stated in the approval pack, so finance sees them before approving.

Request the approval pack

One page. Price, dates, outcomes, done.

Tell us who you are approving it for. The pack arrives within one working day, and we are on a 15-minute call with your L&D lead if they want one.

Or book the 15-minute call
One working day. No follow-up sequence.